Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Karibu Uganda Safaris ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at [hypothetical website address: www.karibuugandasafaris.com] ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. Cookies help websites remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. This can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. Think of cookies as providing a "memory" for the website, enabling it to recognize a user and respond appropriately.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device even when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies on our Website:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for the Website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our Website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make (such as your language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | Performance | 2 years |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users. | Performance | 24 hours |
| cookie_consent | Records user consent to cookie usage. | Essential | 1 year |
| language_pref | Remembers the user's preferred language. | Functionality | 1 month |
| ad_campaign | Tracks the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. | Targeting | 30 days |
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several purposes, including:
- To enable certain functions of the Website.
- To provide analytics and understand how users interact with our Website.
- To personalize your experience on our Website.
- To improve our Website and services.
- To deliver relevant advertisements.
For example, we use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our Website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as the number of visitors to the Website, the pages visited, and the time spent on the Website. This information is used to improve our Website and services.
Managing Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using the cookie consent banner that appears when you first visit our Website. You can also modify your web browser settings to accept or reject cookies.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Website. For example, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
Here are some resources to help you manage cookies in popular web browsers:
You can also delete cookies that are already on your computer. The steps to do this vary depending on your web browser. Please refer to your browser's help documentation for instructions.
Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our Website, a cookie consent banner will appear. This banner informs you about our use of cookies and provides you with the option to accept or reject cookies. By clicking "Accept," you consent to our use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy. By clicking "Reject," you decline our use of non-essential cookies. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser's cookies and revisiting the Website.
Karibu Uganda Safaris is committed to protecting your privacy. Our Cookie Policy is designed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data privacy laws.
Updates to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
This policy was last updated on October 26, 2026.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy, please contact us at:
Karibu Uganda Safaris
Plot 42, Bukoto Street
Kampala, Uganda
Email: privacy@karibuugandasafaris.com
Phone: +256 200 121999
Or contact our Data Protection Officer, Imani Nakimuli, at the email above.